ArtVanDelay

A 1st place baseball team has Jon Singleton hitting 3rd in 2023.

Jon Singleton

I don’t think this proves anything. Cano was the only Major Leaguer coming back to us. The names of the prospects probably weren’t known yet.

His career K%+ is on par with Gwynn, Tris Speaker, Willie Keeler.

His career AVG+ is 5th all-time. Ahead of Gwynn, Williams, Boggs, Musial, Hornsby, Carew, etc. Pretty amazing. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=23&season=2023&month=0&season1=1871&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=1871-01-01&enddate=2023-12-31&sort=6,d

No offense to Cano but the odds of us getting 6 years out of him are slim to none.

I wouldn’t say the Reds aren’t contending. The NL Central is that bad.

‘Bout time for Kjerstad. How soon can he be ready to take Mountcastle’s job? Coby Mayo is another guy that could be an immediate upgrade over Mountcastle. Any chance we see him in Baltimore this year?

Did Gunnar go on the IL?

I believe it was @DrungoHazewood

Just turned on the game. Who scored the touchdown?

Mateo.

Apparently it’s still too early for John Angelos.

What happened to Mullins?

It is a little annoying in hindsight. It’s tough to sweep any major league team in a 4 game series but the A’s aren’t a major league team.

I scrolled past this the first time I looked at his Baseball Savant page. It paints a pretty grim picture.

Yes it does. Aces strike people out.

The results say that his 3.04 ERA is not going to hold up. Strikeouts are a big part of that. His FIP is 4.03 and his xERA is 4.92. He’s not much better than the Gibson/Kremer/Wells/Bradish group, if at all. We should be aiming higher.

Still interested in Bieber?

Bieber is in decline. 6.2 K/9 is horrible. He averaged 14.2 in his Cy Young year, although it was the shortened 2020. His fastball is down 3 ticks from that year.

And I’m not trying to be a jerk here. This thread just seems totally out of left field. The O’s just got a big win to avoid a sweep and this is what’s on your mind?

Is there a purpose to this thread or did you just feel the need to crap on analytics?